Essay On Torture In China

The Chinese Communist Party has ruled the country since 1949, tolerating no opposition and often dealing brutally with dissent. Within China there are many social issues. Many of the issues are exposed in Chinese media, which show China 's fragile social balance. Issues that cause problems would include the Government, law, and other social unrest. There is a lack of people who actually follow the rule of law. Others are dissatisfied with the corrupt government officials. One problem we find in the media is the treatment of prisoners in China. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This is the 5th human right. Torture is the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. Torture is common all around China. Chinese law prohibits some tortures, but they have failed to assign the right people to end torture and stop it from happening. People in China are afraid to be tortured if they protest because of many gruesome stories they’ve heard. It is found that prisoners are treated inhumane in China. Changes in the Chinese …show more content…
Most victims now are kept in the Tigers Chair. While in the chair they are prodded with an electric baton, pressed with extremely cold metal or extremely hot metal. Human Rights Watch reports, “Detainees, their relatives and lawyers said abuse included prisoners being beaten and electrocuted with batons, deprived of sleep, shackled in painful positions and hung from their wrists” (Graham-Harrison). The human rights watch has also reported that, “Some have been sprayed with chilli oil in sensitive areas, deprived of sleep and water, starved and frozen” (Graham-Harrison). The Types of torture are limitless, the police and other officials are will do anything to get what they want from the